Analysis: Don’t Expect Job Gains at This Level Throughout 2013

Mar 8, 2013 9:21 am ET

U.S. job growth jumped ahead in February, a sign of a steadily improving labor market and stronger economic gains. Employers added 236,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said. Plus, the unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7%, the lowest level since the end of 2008. PNC Financial Services Senior Economist Gus Faucher discusses the report with the Wall Street Journal Online’s Jim Chesko.

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